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"Fight for Sight" Work
Of New Blind Woman
By G&Y PULEY
United Press Women's Edilor
qNcw York-JtJ Mildred Wei
senfeld is a woman going blind
and knows it . . . has lived with
this knowledge since she was 15.
But instead of sitting back
feeling sorry for herself and the
trick mother nature played on
her, she is working to prevent
others from entering life of
darkness.
"We spend9l50 million dollars
a year on the care -and aid for
the blind." she said. "No one be
grudges that, certainly. But medi
cal science generally is agreed
that 70 per cent of blindness
could be prevented."
Organizes Blindness Fight
This is where ?.Iiss Weisen
feld's project comes in. She or
ganized and is director of the
National Council to Combat
Blindness. Its one purpose: to
raise money for research in pre
vention of sight loss.
Her "fight for sight" began in
1946 and now has leagues in all
five New York boroughs, in
Westchester county, N. Y., in
New Jersey, Philadelphia and
Miami.
Mildred Weisenfeld, now 34,
was a girl growing up in Brook
lyn when doctors discovered she
was suffering from a progressive
degeneration of the retina.
"They think it started after I
had the measles," she said. "But
I remember it coming to me
sharply that something was
wrong when one day I couldn't
aim a snowball. Twelve years
ago, the drastic changes began
... it wasn't long until I could't
get around by myself. Blindness
took over."
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Miss Weisenfeld now has about
two per cent vision. I was a
"dark blur" to her, as we talked
in her office.
"People say how well adjusted
I am," she said. "That's so much
rubbish. A blind person never
gets over the deep frustration
. . . and the more he broadens
his horizons the more he misses
sight.
"But we learn to live with it
. . . just as others live with their
problems.
A little more than a year ago,
Miss Weisenfeld found romance
through her organization and
now is married to a Philadelphia
executive, whose vision also is
impaired.
Nobody Doing Research
"I started the council because
I got angry," she said. "It just
irked me that nobody was doing
anything about eye research, yet
70 million persons in this coun
try have eye troubles.
"One person becomes blind
every 20 minutes . . . there are
314.000 who are totally blind."
Miss Weisenfeld and seven
friends each put in SI, and the
"fight for sight" was on. Siice
then, it has raised 5500,000 for
grants and fellowships in col
leges or at hospitals, and has a
scientific advisory committee
made up of some of the leading
eye specialists in the nation.
Right now, the council is prepar
ing for its biggest fund-raising
push a "lights on" benefit De
cember 15, with all branches of
show business participating.
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their three children, Thomas Jr.,
Mike and Melinda, of 1521 Ter
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If one thing didn't lead to another, maybe we'd get more done.
Sunday, with company coming for supper, we firmly resolved not
to be distracted but to stick to the work list which we wrote out
the evening before. But, as we said before, one thing leads to
another.
Right after breakfast we started to do the dishes, but decided
to tidy up the parakeet's cage first. While doing this little chore
we emptied the box of bird seed into a jar and went into the living
room to put the empty box into the fireplace. Before throwing the
box in, we decided to take out part of the ashes, and when we
got out into the garden with the ashes, we noticed a few chrysan
themums and lavender alyssum that didn't look too frost-bitten
for bouquets. So, we got the clippers and picked the flowers and
then we went into the laundry room for a newspaper to put them
on and ended up by reading a couple of stories and an editorial
which we'd missed earlier. By this time half an hour had gone by
and the breakfast dishes were still in the sink. It's just as we
said one thing leads to another.
Dictionaries would be more useful if people consulted them
oftener. (This isn't original we borrowed it from EA.) According
to the dictionary a bride's bouquet couldn't possibly be made of
"pom-poms" pom-pom is "a one-pounder automatic machine can
non." Nor could it be made of "mums." Webster says that "mum"
means "silent or hushed; to play in a dumb show or mask; a
strong ale or beer." In the advertisements, and capitalized, Mum
means deodorant.
Santa Claus probably hasn't been informed of this, but his
reindeer have new names. Instead of Dancer, Prancer, et al, as
first named by Clement Moore in his beloved poem known as
" Twas the Night Before Christmas," some whimsical person re
named them Zonta, Pilot, DAR, PTA, Gen. Fed., Quota, BPW and
NSA.
Last week's mail brought a revised version of "A Visit from
Santa" offered by the program director of women's organizations,
National Association of Manufacturers. In addition to giving the
reindeer names of women's organizations, the writer says the
sleigh runners were painted with JL and LOWV, and the yule
trees were named Republican and Democrat. The gifts this Santa
Claus brought were from OES, AAUW, AAIN, NCCW, BB, UCW,
AMC, and were labeled faith, love, hope, charity, learning, etc.
And if there's anyone in the whole U.S. who can't find just
what he wants to buy for Christmas presents it isn't the fault of
the country's manufacturers. Changing Times went to the annual
housewares show in N.J., and reported on changes and new
products.
The magazine said nothing is going to come in conventional
white in the future everything, including garbage pails to can
openers and carpet sweepers, is in color.
Multipurpose items are popular. A broom comes with three
heads so it can be used as a mop, an inside brush or an outside
sweeper; an electric pot deep-fries, cooks, bakes, warms, steams,
pops corn and serves as a chafing dish. A kitchen ladder converts
into an attractive chair with a back.
Almost everything is powered with electricity, including an
automatic can opener that opens any shape can. Huge electric
blankets have zippers down the middle so they can be made into
two, and a new clock radio will buzz six times in a row at seven
minute intervals.
- Strictly for the housewife are the new combination ironing
board and worktable with built-in seat; an ironing board in the
shape of a half-moon to give more work space and equipped with
wheels for easy movement and storage; a scoop that accurately
measures teaspoons, tablespoons or fractional quantities of a cup
for liquids or solids; a cookie gun with trigger control and dial
for making cookies thick or thin, and believe it or not a pot
cover that "swallows" all smoke and fumes that come from fry
ing, boiling or stewing.
Scores of other items were listed including electric fireplace
logs that give off realistic smoke, a mop that shakes itself, a hexa
gon shaped pie pan to assure equal-sized slices for everyone; a
portable automatic dishwasher
uum cleaner attachment for power lawn mowers to pick up the
grass and luxurious bath scales with jeweled movements.
But they didn't list the article Potpourri has been waiting for
someone to invent. We want a key case that will glow or light up
so that when -we rummage in the depths of our big purse on a
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Second Session
Of Charm School
Set December 14
Second session of the Girl
Scout charm school will be held
Saturday, December 14, from
9:30 a.m. until 12 noon, at the
Roosevelt school gymnasium.
Special counsellors will be
Mrs. Margine Thurston from the
Thurston School of Dance, who
will demonstrate good posture
and walking; Dr. Arnold Dep
ner, chiropodist, will show a film
and explain the care of feet.
Each girl attending is to bring
a book, to use in the good pos
ture demonstrations. A special
statuette trophy will be given
the best groomed troop attend
ing jthis session; the first session
demonstrated good grooming.
Members of Senior Girl Scout
troops will lead community
singing and will usher. Senior
Scouts are also in charge of reg
istration.' At the last session
troops attended from Grants
Pass and Cave Junction, Rogue
River, Gold Hill, Evans Valley,
Yreka and Hilts, in California;
Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Jack
sonville, Central Point, Camp
White, and Medford.
The charm school sessions are
planned and directed by Mrs.
Raymond Reter and Mrs. Al
Carrara, and anyone wanting
more information may contact
them.
GIFT MAKING IDEAS
Parents who would like to
make toys, dolls, and other play
things for their children as
Christmas gifts can find ideas
and instructions in books at the
Medford public library. In ad
dition, the library has books
which give ideas for gifts that
can be made for other members
of the family.
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CALENDAR
Calendar notices and newi tor
the society section of The Mai)
Tribune must be submitted in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition Is 1 p.m Friday Dead
line for the weekly calendar is 9
i.m of the day of oublication and
for week day news is 5 era the
day before oublication.
Wednesday:
6:45 p.m. Rogue River "Vallej
Knife and Fork club, Rogue Val
ley Country club.
7:30 p.m. Bethel 14, Job's
Daughter's, Masonic temple.
8 p.m. AAUW Music study
group, home of Mrs. W. E. Her
cher, 1608 Stratford ave.
8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home Ec
onomics club, home of Mrs.
George M. Walters, 2250 Spring
St.
8 p.m. Veterans of World
War I, Medford barracks, and
auxiliary, Girls Community
club.
Thursday:
10 a.m. Wenonah club, Red
man hall.
10:45 a.m. Westside Exten
sion unit, Central Point grange
hall.
1:30 p.m. Medford Garden
club, Christmas tour, at Court
house auditorium.
2 p.m. Eagle Point Jaycettes
style show and tasting tea, Ea
gle Point grange hall.
2 p.m. Sams Valley Ladies
club, home of Mrs. Hazel Bald
win. 530-7:30 p.m. Central Point
PTA dinner, cafetorium Jewett
Elementary school.
Mushroom Club
The monthly meeting of the
Southern Oregon Mushroom
club will be held tonight at 8
p.m. at the Fred Lawrence home,
1422 Euclid avenue.
Military
UMAY, BEC. 1
Hour at 7:00 p.m. Followed by
DINNER and DANCING
Branches of Service and Their Ladies invited.
a Couple Available at Swem's Gift Shop
Sponsored by
Chapter, Reserve Officers Association
Dinner, Concert
Set For Thursday
In Central Point
Central Point A concert by
students will follow the annual
chili dinner to be given by Cen
tral Point Junior High school
cafeteria. The dinner will be
served from 5:30 to 7:30 pjn.
and the concert to follow will be
at 8 p.m.
Numbers will be given by the
band and a choral group, it is
announced. Price of the dinner
will include the concert; Funds
from the event will be used for
a scholarship in teacher educa
tion, and for various project in
Central Point schools.
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